Getting off the Island: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections

Collections that support research are evolving as technology continually influences information-seeking behaviors and techniques. Today, collections can extend well beyond the walls of any one library sparking new and unconventional partnerships across library types. These unique collaborations test the boundaries of current practice in the way they approach research needs and exploit the benefits of the network.

Michael Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Collections Services, University of Denver, and Co-chair, Shared Collections Development Committee, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries

Kathi Fountain, Collection Services Program Manager, Orbis Cascade Alliance; and Linda Di Biase, Collection Development Librarian, University of Washington, and Chair of the Ebook Working Group of the Orbis Cascade Alliance

Special thanks to our event partners, SCELC and Loyola Marymount, for co-hosting this interactive program, which explored current and future opportunities to share our print and electronic collections at network-scale.